, 69 test bank questions and their answers from Myers' "Social Psychology":
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the main focus of social psychology?
- A) Individual behavior
- B) Group dynamics
- C) How individuals influence and are influenced by others
- D) Cognitive processes
- Answer: C
2. Which term describes the tendency to attribute others' behavior to their
character while attributing our own behavior to situational factors?
- A) Self-serving bias
- B) Fundamental attribution error
- C) Actor-observer bias
- D) Social comparison
- Answer: B
3. What is cognitive dissonance?
- A) A state of mental discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs or
behaviors
- B) The tendency to conform to group pressure
- C) The perception of a shared reality
- D) The process of persuasion
- Answer: A
4. Which concept explains why individuals may conform to a group's
behavior?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the main focus of social psychology?
- A) Individual behavior
- B) Group dynamics
- C) How individuals influence and are influenced by others
- D) Cognitive processes
- Answer: C
2. Which term describes the tendency to attribute others' behavior to their
character while attributing our own behavior to situational factors?
- A) Self-serving bias
- B) Fundamental attribution error
- C) Actor-observer bias
- D) Social comparison
- Answer: B
3. What is cognitive dissonance?
- A) A state of mental discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs or
behaviors
- B) The tendency to conform to group pressure
- C) The perception of a shared reality
- D) The process of persuasion
- Answer: A
4. Which concept explains why individuals may conform to a group's
behavior?
